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6 <br /> Slide #10 <br /> OPPORTUNITY BEYOND COVID <br /> - Better food system <br /> • Proximate <br /> • Deep <br /> • Diverse,idlversity=reslllencYl <br /> Equitable <br /> • Social Implications <br /> Reconnection <br /> Faced <br /> Earth <br /> One another <br /> Power of Proximity <br /> Slide #11 <br /> %I f KE ORTOSKY <br /> Orange County Cooperative Extension <br /> Hillsborough,NC <br /> 919-245-2336 o <br /> 919-270-6528 c <br /> jmortosk@ncsu.edu <br /> James Watts, operations manager at Weaver Street Market, said he wanted about <br /> symptoms. He said he was interviewed about food inflation. He said food inflation is coming in, <br /> but he has discovered that local food inflation is lower when one transacts one's business <br /> locally. He said it is a symptom of something that could be developed. He said Orange County <br /> Schools asked him if Weaver Street has spare cold storage space. He said this question is a <br /> symptom of a food system that has been built with vulnerabilities. He said infrastructure and <br /> capacity need to be built to adapt to when things happen out of our control. <br /> James Watts said he met with the diversity and inclusion manager at Weaver Street <br /> Market. She said black and brown people own less than 2% of farmland, and this number has <br /> gone down every year over the last century. <br /> James Watts said he was at the Piedmont Progressive Farmers Cooperative Meeting in <br /> Yanceyville prior to coming to the work session. He said they are trying to come together to <br /> build something better through their farming of chicken and eggs. <br /> James Watts said Weaver Street Market can participate by creating more durable and <br /> complete visions. He said he is a willing collaborator to create a more durable and effective <br /> local and regional food system. He said it needs to be done to create more equitable access. <br />